After the meeting section of the 2020 AGM, a series of speakers who had an early influence in creating ecological reserves 50 years ago present their stories and interesting perspectives on the early beginnings of the Ecological Reserves System in British Columbia. Bristol Foster, Jim Pojar, Louise Goulet, Hans Roemer, Vicky Husband and Lynne Milnes
This National Film Board film of 1976 profiles Bristol Foster the First Director of the Ecological Reserves Division in British Columbia. It was made shortly after the creation of the Triangle Island – Anne Vallee Ecological Reserve
At the May 2020 AGM for 2019 of Friends of Ecological reserves, we were honoured to have Bristol Foster join the Board . Bristol had been involved with Ecological reserves in BC since 1974 when the Ecological Reserve Program began. https://ecoreserves.bc.ca/2012/03/17/a-conversation-with-bristol-foster/This link to an interview with Bristol provide the background to his remarkable life and
NFB film on Ecological Reserves
Bristol Foster is a naturalist, conservation biologist and documentary filmmaker with a PhD in Ecology. He has over forty years of experience as an ecologist and educator. Bristol’s illustrious career has included Head of Wildlife Ecology Graduate Studies program at the University of Nairobi (Kenya), Director of the Royal British Columbia Museum and Director of the
By Denise de Montreuil From: THE LOG • FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER • SPRING 2006 The Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Ecological Reserves took place on Friday, February 24, 2006 in Room 157 of the Murray and Ann Fraser Building at the University of Victoria. Secretary Tom Gillespie read the minutes of
J.B. Foster and E.A. Stewart diving in 1977 map and record a species list of subtidal animals and macroalgae. Fish species and abundance was noted by Howard McElderry , U. Vic. PDF FILE: dive_report
By Eileen South, Dept of Biology, U Vic, BC Feb 11, 1976 and Catherine Guest See the complete record in PDF file: fauna(8) Photo below : Lynne Milne, Bristol Foster and Hans Roemer at Lasqueti Island